Author: John Lawless

Bobby Osborne will be the subject of a 2-part interview on BlueHighways TV. It will appear on the Behind The Dream program, hosted by Mike Scott, with part 1 airing tonight (11/29) at 8:30 p.m. (EST) on cable networks that

Here's a bluegrass riddle for you: how do you change three pickers in your lineup, with only one new member? Blue Moon Rising has pulled off this amazing switcheroo with an announcement this morning. OK... I may have overdramatized things just a bit.

Fretlight, makers of the innovative light-up fretboard system, have introduced an acoustic guitar model, utilizing their Fretlight Studio software. The FG-507 is built like a standard cutaway guitar, but with a fretboard made from an advanced polymer material, with embedded LEDs where

Guitar hero Tony Rice has again been forced to cancel some shows, owing to further health complications following his treatment for pneumonia last year. A combination of inflammation, fatigue and an adverse drug reaction with antibiotics and prednisone have left

Banjo tab transcriptions for all of Ron Stewart's banjo parts on the latest Boxcars album, All In, are now available online. They include all solos and backup, transcribed by Canadian banjo picker Russell Sawler, who manages The Bluegrass Outlet. The book

Darin & Brooke Aldridge have announced that Rachel Johnson Boyd, their fiddler and harmony vocalist this past 2 years, is leaving the group at the end of December. Rachel explained her reasons in this note to fans and friends of the

Nathan Stanley, grandson of Dr. Ralph, has big plans for the month of December. He has his first headlining turn with the Clinch Mountain Boys in Pigeon Forge, TN, and will begin work in the studio for a new solo

The turkey's been downed and some of us are already pulling out and putting up Christmas decorations. It must be time for some bluegrass Christmas music! The good folks at Rural Rhythm have agreed to let us share a number of

Don Reno and Bill Harrell had quite a run in the 1960s, with Harrell stepping in for Red Smily when Red retired in 1964. Red rejoined the group in '69, and stayed until his death in '72, while Don and

We have learned from Tara Linhardt that the attempt to break the record for the largest mandolin ensemble at the 2012 Old Fiddlers Convention in Galax has been certified by Guinness as the new world mark. On August 7, 2012 she